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What Is the Difference Psychologist or Psychiatrist?
Mountain Regional Services provides a description and describes the differences of psychologist and psychiatrist.
University of South Florida
University of South Florida: Organizational Psychologist Career
Site provides a good essay from the University of South Florida about what to expect in a career as an Organizational Psychologist. The link to "Pursuing an I/O Psychology Career" is also great information.
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Psychology Info: What Is a Psychologist?
A comprehensive look at the definition of a psychologist and clarification of the many roles played out in that profession.
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Apa Presidents Remember: Hans Eysenck: Visionary Psychologist
Details from the life and career of Hans Eysenck. This is the text of a panel of past APA presidents at the 1998 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in a session memorializing the late Hans J. Eysenck.
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California Association of School Psychologists (Casp)
This is the official site for the CASP. It provides information about the organization, publications, legislation, events, and membership. It also provides a "Parent's Page" that parents can use to locate short "Hot Sheets" on topics...
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Psychologist World: Attachment Theory
An article defining the development of psychology's Attachment Theory, originally identified with that term, by John Bowlby. Identify other contributors to the scientific theory and whether only children experience it.
Emory University
Emory University: Psychology Defined William James
This resource starts with the psychologist William James (1842-1910 CE) definition of Psychology, and then goes into greater detail about what the field should study.
Columbia University
Columbia University Libraries: Notable New Yorkers: Kenneth Clark
Read about Kenneth Clark, an influential black educator and psychologist. You can also listen to the interview on which this profile is based.
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Consumer Psychologist: Distribution Channel Structure
This site from Consumer Psychologist provides a definition of channels of distribution and their purpose.
American Psychological Association
Apa: Interesting Careers in Psychology
Focus on non-academic careers for scientific psychologists. Provides links to several scientific psychologists who explain how they secured a job in a nontraditional setting outside the "lab" or "university setting."
York University
Classics in the History of Psychology: Conflicting Psychologies of Learning
A 1935 paper by psychologist Clark Hull. He discusses the disagreements between different types of psychologists and gives details of how to make psychological research more scientific.
Philosophy Pages
Philosophy Pages: William James (1842 1910)
This webpage gives good information about the life, times, and work of the psychologist William James (1842-1910 CE) with good references and links.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Position Statement on Student Grade Retention and Social Promotion
In this statement, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) identifies the characteristics of students more likely to be retained and the impact of retention at the secondary school level, late adolescence, and early...
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Statement on Effective Parenting: Positive Support [Pdf]
The National Association of School Psychologists has compiled a list of techniques meant to help parents prevent misbehaviors, deal with them when they occur, and how to support discipline at school. This article is brief, yet contains...
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Marky Lloyd's Careers in Psychology Page
Excellent beginning page to begin your search for careers in psychology. The author divides the resources/links into eight sections that take you from undergraduate study to graduate school, opportunities, and types of jobs for...
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Master's and Doctoral Level Careers in Psychology
A link from Dr. Marky Lloyd's home page on careers in psychology, this site "describes a number of psychology and psychology-related career options that require graduate degrees." Site offers a brief description of different types of...
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Women's Intellectual Contributions: Christine Ladd Franklin
Biographical information and related resources about the psychologist and mathematician Christine Ladd-Franklin.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: B. F. Skinner
Learn about the life and work of one of the most influential psychologists of all time, B.F. Skinner. He is known for inventing the operant conditioning chamber, and for his own experimental analysis of behavior.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Wilhelm Wundt
Find out about Wilhelm Wundt, one of the founding figures of modern psychology, and the first self-proclaimed psychologist.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Discovering Psychology: Research Methods
In this activity, you will explore how psychologists draw solid conclusions from the complex and often ambiguous phenomena they study -- how you think, feel, and behave.
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: William James and American Functional Psychology
This page gives biographical information about the psychologist William James(1842-1910 CE), and his ideas of pragmatism and functionalism.
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Child Development: Stages of Intellectual Development
Provides details of Piaget's theory of intellectual development, used by many developmental psychologists. It contains a chart illustrating "Stages of Cognitive Development."
Indiana University
Wilhelm Wundt (1832 1920)
This Human Intelligence page profiles the life and work of the German philosopher and psychologist Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920). His interest in measuring human intelligence would be the foundation for Binet's scale of intelligence.
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Oak Park Tourist: Carl Rogers
A short biography on psychologist Carl Rogers. Includes details of his life story but also links to his psychological theories and other relevant information.
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